Hi Guys, maybe this is a stupid and weird question, but I was wondering when you open ( unfold ) the phone, and you are in super quiet room, do you hear scratching sound coming out of the phone? Or is the opening very quiet without any noise at all? Is that sound that I hear the brushes cleaning the hinge? I just noticed this sound and I am not sure if it was there since the beginning. Unfortunately, I was in really dusty place and had my phone in my jeans front pocket and I am paranoid that maybe some of that dust got inside.
Thank you for your answers.
carlitos66 said:
Hi Guys, maybe this is a stupid and weird question, but I was wondering when you open ( unfold ) the phone, and you are in super quiet room, do you hear scratching sound coming out of the phone? Or is the opening very quiet without any noise at all? Is that sound that I hear the brushes cleaning the hinge? I just noticed this sound and I am not sure if it was there since the beginning. Unfortunately, I was in really dusty place and had my phone in my jeans front pocket and I am paranoid that maybe some of that dust got inside.
Thank you for your answers.
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It's actually pretty quiet. If you put your ear up to it, you can hear the bristles/hinge, but it really is not a noticeable sounds.
Mine too so far has been quiet. I have also applied a transparent matte skin on my hinge so far no issues. I am using the spigen slim armor pro case which protects the hinge. still, once in a week or so I clean my hinge but I haven't yet used it in any dusty environment.
Mine does this at times, I've also noticed its worse if I have left it open or closed for a while. If you open and close it a few times its not as noticeable. I assumed thus was just the hinge brushes doing their thing.
marcgear said:
Mine does this at times, I've also noticed its worse if I have left it open or closed for a while. If you open and close it a few times its not as noticeable. I assumed thus was just the hinge brushes doing their thing.
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This is exactly what mine does. Some people have speculated that it's the preinstalled screen protector that makes the sound. I think they said the sound went away after removing it, but mine is staying on. I have got used to the sound.
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I know this has been discussed before but how many people can hear a noise which sounds like a spring when they open the keyboard. Feels very flimsy and nowhere near as solid as the tytn.
I hear it too; I thought it was just me. I had the Hermes before this, and I wouldn't characterize the slider as solid though
I hear it, but it feels pretty solid to me.
I hear it too, I don't like it one bit. Feels pretty solid though
a spring noise
I have no such thing as a spring noise when opening my keybord...
so my awnser to the poll: NO
Xtreme XL said:
a spring noise
I have no such thing as a spring noise when opening my keybord...
so my awnser to the poll: NO
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Dont think its a spring, but a slider that protects the ribbon cable. when the device is open
Having listened again its more of a rattle and it rattles when the keyboard is open if you move the device about.
Hi All,
I maybe had the same thing.
If u flip your keyboard and turn your TP around u can see a little panel. This seem to be protecting something. This panel can go up and down and does so when you flip your kboard. In this panel is a spring
On My first TP (i switched mine becos of this fault) the panel jumped open, which sounded like a spring.
I ttink this is the problem.
I returned to the store and switched mine, np since.
Hope this helps
Mine is brand new today so do you think I should send it back? From the poll, seems about 50/50 people have the problem.
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It has all become clear, I can see the little plastic cover that is loose making the noise. Dont know if its suposed to be loose or not though
It's supposed to be loose, it moves while u flip your keyboard.
What happened with my old one (just after tweo days) that when i flipped my kboard, the plastic cover moves to far and opens for a brief second, hence the sound. I still have the sound but it's way softer cos tha plastic cover dont move that much.
Hope this helps, if u worry, return it, way to expensive !
I recently got a Note 10.1 for me and one for my gf. After a few days I was getting extremely bothered by what I can only explain as creaking sounds when holding the tablet. By creaking I mean like a haunted house, very similar to the plastic sounds of when you grab a keyboard from only one side. My GF's makes zero sounds.
I couldnt take it, so I switched it but this one still makes the sounds. Definitely not as bad but still.
Does any of your tablets make these sounds?
Nope .
jje
No, if you can exchange it for another
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Have 2, no sounds, bought 1 for my brother and a friend, both as quite a church mice....
i get it on my tablet but i'm not bothered by it so much.
I got a case coming in this weekend, hopefully this will make the noises less noticeable. I'm not sure I want to go through the hassle of exchanging again it but if the noise is not reduced with the case I may do so again.
It just feels like cheap plastic, it's maddening that its such an amazing device yet it has such a crappy outer shell.
agkelos said:
I got a case coming in this weekend, hopefully this will make the noises less noticeable. I'm not sure I want to go through the hassle of exchanging again it but if the noise is not reduced with the case I may do so again.
It just feels like cheap plastic, it's maddening that its such an amazing device yet it has such a crappy outer shell.
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Not a fake is it ???
jje
Yup, they are originals bought from Wal Mart. I fixed it by chance. I opened it up, which is fairly easy and noticed that the noise came from the hinges of the back plastic grinding against the slots were they fit in.
I tried fixing it by safely applying double sided tape at different places, after trying different spots the noise started to get worse, so I decided it was time to go to bed and I reassembled the tablet. To my surprise when everything was back in place, the unit felt as solid or even more than my GFs and I could not make it sound regardless of the pressure I applied.
My conclusion is that somehow I worked the hinges of the back plate in a way that it stopped making sounds once I removed the double sided tape.
One thing I'm sure of is that the noise is indeed coming from the backplate hinges.
Hi guys,
My screen got a bit dirty today so I decided to get wet a piece of cloth and wipe down my screen. However it seems that now my call quality is god awful and I can barely hear out of the earpiece. Has this happened to anyone else? I've wiped down my iPhone 4 multitudes of times in the same manner and have never encountered anything like this.
I actually thought the sound quality was excellent before and to have to fall like this is horrifying.
Can anyone suggest a solution? I have a big phone interview this week and I need to be able to hear clearly
Did water get into the internals? Turn off your phone and place in into rice.
Unless it entered through the earpiece, I don't think it did. I really have no idea about how the earpiece is built or if the water would be able to reach the internals via the headphones. Definitely nothing went inside any other opening though....
Wait for the earpiece to dry, its quite exposed up there. Personally I use dry cloth only but if its really bad a touch of water on the cloth can help but not so much as to create any puddles.
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I bought a lifeproof fre for my S5 to avoid getting a fake case I bought it right off there website. the 2 issue's im having and only one really bother's me really but first off the screen is guard is blurry you can really tell when looking at white image's and when screen's off it look's like oil under it even tho I cleaned it very very well...the big problem is I can barley here phone call's and it make's it sound like it is on speaker phone when it is not there was a little plastic tab I peeled off behind the ear peace but no help I emailed lifeproof but herd nothing yet wondering if anyone else had this problems
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I bought a lifeproof fre for my S5 to avoid getting a fake case I bought it right off there website. the 2 issue's im having and only one really bother's me really but first off the screen is guard is blurry you can really tell when looking at white image's and when screen's off it look's like oil under it even tho I cleaned it very very well...the big problem is I can barley here phone call's and it make's it sound like it is on speaker phone when it is not there was a little plastic tab I peeled off behind the ear peace but no help I emailed lifeproof but herd nothing yet wondering if anyone else had this problems
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I've heard about both of these issues with this case. It is very well documented here on the interweb.
kjfan985 said:
I bought a lifeproof fre for my S5 to avoid getting a fake case I bought it right off there website. the 2 issue's im having and only one really bother's me really but first off the screen is guard is blurry you can really tell when looking at white image's and when screen's off it look's like oil under it even tho I cleaned it very very well...the big problem is I can barley here phone call's and it make's it sound like it is on speaker phone when it is not there was a little plastic tab I peeled off behind the ear peace but no help I emailed lifeproof but herd nothing yet wondering if anyone else had this problems
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First issue is resolvable by placing a little bit of baby powder on a microfiber cloth and cleaning both the underside of the screen protector and your phone screen. This is caused by moisture (even if you think its dry its not, moisture (H2O vapor) exists everywhere. period.) so the baby powder helps to absorb the excess moisture.
Second issue - I have the case myself, never saw a plastic tab on the earpiece, that piece that i think you took off is supposed to be there. What i can say though is make sure the top of the case is completely snapped in, the plastic on the case should be tight against the earpiece. This is one thing i didn't care too much for on the LifeProof. My Seidio Obex on my S4 solved this by having an actual plastic piece at the top. But this case for the S5 has not been an issue in that respect. The only issue i had was people said i sounded muffled. this was because the plastic membrane at the microphone had become loose and wasn't tight against the phone. I have since gotten a replacement from them. I think i called them or live chatted though, the email method is slower. But so far this new case has been perfect.
Thanks I will call them if they don't email me back at the end of the week...I have not had a issue with anyone saying I sounded bad just that I can not hear threw the earpiece...speaker on the back sound's fine great case other then that
i know someone that has the case for they s5 and when they make calls the person on the receiving end can hear there echo. not sure if its been discussed before. Removed the case and issue was fixed.
jamiegun
kjfan985 said:
I bought a lifeproof fre for my S5 to avoid getting a fake case I bought it right off there website. the 2 issue's im having and only one really bother's me really but first off the screen is guard is blurry you can really tell when looking at white image's and when screen's off it look's like oil under it even tho I cleaned it very very well...the big problem is I can barley here phone call's and it make's it sound like it is on speaker phone when it is not there was a little plastic tab I peeled off behind the ear peace but no help I emailed lifeproof but herd nothing yet wondering if anyone else had this problems
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I have the exact same problem. People seem to hear me not bad but not great, but I can hardly hear them at all. i have to turn the speaker on to be able to hear them. The speaker works fine. I also peeled off that plastic tab. Very frustrating.
Galaxy s5 lifeproof case earpiece isssues
Yea im having the exact same problems cant hear at all and also the blurriness of the screen. Im to point where im about to take a razor blade and cut a hole where the earpiece is lol. I had a couple different lifeproof cases a couple years ago and i never had problems with hearing but now it sucks if im not in a quiet area there's no point in even trying to make a call
Lifeproof issues
To all of you having problems with the lifeproof case causing the earpiece volume to be very low and are wondering about that little black tab on the inside of the screen cover i finally got answers for that. Ive read on here theres a lot of people that did the same as i did and peeled off that black tab well ive done some research and bought another lifeproof case and after leaving the black tab on this time i could actually hear! And also i found a install video on the lifeproof website and if you zoom in on the video you can clearly see that they show the case being installed with the black tab in place. I hope this helps some of you.
Okay so before you say "why would you shake your phone", I don't. When I use the phone for a while, like for daily stuff, I lift it up to my ear and I hear the camera module is being loose. Is this normal? If I shake the phone at this point, it's clear the module is loose. Like if I just swiftly move my arm while phone is in the hand, the camera just flips out and retracts.
Is this normal?
Maybe it is... then it's fine. Just curious really.
Thanks!
If I shake it vigorously it comes out a bit, like not even the thickness of the module. Normal lifting I hear nothing. If i do hand chopping motions I can hear very faint clicks.
CVonV said:
If I shake it vigorously it comes out a bit, like not even the thickness of the module. Normal lifting I hear nothing. If i do hand chopping motions I can hear very faint clicks.
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Thanks for the reply!
Hmm my module is definitely way more "loose" than that. If I do like a firm movement then stop suddenly, the module lifts out quite a bit. MAYBE it's normal that each phone has a different movement? Honestly, I only paid attention to this because when I lift it up to my ears or something, I hear it is a bit lose.
Which case are you using? The ASUS one with the camera block thing seem to fix my issue but that case is SO slippery, it feels worse than the normal phone. I would consider myself not clumsy but unlucky, so risking that case is ehhh.
I don't think it's normal that each phone is different to that extent though.
I'm using the included clear case and it sux. Slippery and prone to scratches. I was intending to switch to the included black one but yeah it is slippery too. Apparently the RhinoShields are good but it makes the phone a brick.